This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/17/2023
RAYMOND-GIBSON, Litzka (1901-1996). Stage-Worn “Fu Dog (Guardian Lion)” Robe. [N.d.]. Woman’s full-sized green silk costume robe, elaborately embroidered in colors, featuring 5 “Fu Dogs”, several Lotuses and purple flowers (Peonies ?), as well as Chinese circular symbols . Some occasional soiling, wear, several tears, a few snaps missing, a later repair under the arm on the right side. Very good. With signed COA from Roger Dreyer, president of Fantasma. Sold with a souvenir Litzka coin, and a handbill on thin board (“Coming! The Great Raymond Miracle Man of Magic and Company”, some wear, sunning at top). Litzka Raymond-Gibson (born Pearl Beatrice Gonser) became the assistant of her first husband, Maurice Raymond (“The Great Raymond”), and eventually began her own magic and musical act. After Raymond’s death, she married the author and magician, Walter B. Gibson (1897-1985), creator of The Shadow.